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This article discusses recent work by Peter Sloterdijk, who has developed a phenomenological analysis of human spaces. The aim of my contribution is to put this spatial theorization in relation with political constructions. Sloterdijk's undertaking presents itself as a long history of the cosmological and architectural elements that shape the very spaces of human-production. He also puts it forward as a new pathway for understanding the human topos which has been subsumed for too long by the metaphysics of the 'beyond' and which is currently liquefied by contemporary processes of mobilizing capital.

The understanding of country risk for investors is extremely important. Considering the current international context on geostrategic countries environment this subject gains additional relevance. The growing global nature of investments makes the countrys risk measurement essential in terms of economic consequences. The international countrys political risk show that companies investments abroad need an involving and multifaceted organization. This paper intends to analyze the conditions of attractiveness and the risks in a political context of a country in which a company intends to invest. The politics stability of a countrys government is often determinant to have investments, particularly the ones from an international company. The complexity of this analysis requires the understanding of the way the interrelationships are made. The case of Latin America countries is presented and the new context of China is also analyzed.

The understanding of country risk for investors is extremely important. Considering the current international context on geostrategic countries' environment this subject gains additional relevance. The growing global nature of investments makes the country's risk measurement essential in terms of economic consequences. The international country's political risk show that companies investments abroad need an involving and multifaceted organization. This paper intends to analyze the conditions of attractiveness and the risks in a political context of a country in which a company intends to invest. The politics' stability of a country's government is often determinant to have investments, particularly the ones from an international company. The complexity of this analysis requires the understanding of the way the interrelationships are made. The case of Latin America countries is presented and the new context of China is also analyzed. ; peer-reviewed

A fim de ampliar o conhecimento referente à produção científica relacionada a impactos sociais, este estudo teve como objetivo analisar as características das publicações sobre este tema na base de dados Web of Science, no período de 2005 a 2014, e identificar quais tópicos estudados junto a esta temática estão sendo mais pesquisados e quais os mais relevantes (hot topics). Esse estudo revelou, dentre outras questões, que cresce o volume de publicações nos anos mais recentes destacando-se como áreas que mais publicam: Engenharia (Engeneering) e Ciências Ecológicas e Ambientais (Environmental Sciences Ecology), o que sugere que a temática relaciona-se com políticas, planos, projetos e programas de desenvolvimento, evidenciado na literatura referente a impactos sociais a qual tem origem nos estudos sobre impactos ambientais. A análise dos "tópicos quentes" (hot topics) indicou que as áreas de Negócios e Economia (Business Economy) e Administração Pública (Public Administration) estão dentre as que mais publicam acerca da temática dos impactos sociais, representando um tema emergente junto a área da Administração.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface: The Search for the Self in Modern India -- Introduction: Swaraj, the Self's Sovereignty -- 1. Mohandas Gandhi: Ahimsa, the Self 's Orie -- 2. Rabindranath Tagore: Viraha, the Self 's Longing -- 3. Abanindranath Tagore: Samvega, the Self 's Shock -- 4. Jawaharlal Nehru: Dharma, the Self's Aspiration,and Artha, the Self 's Purpose -- 5. Bhimrao Ambedkar: Duhkha, the Self's Burden -- Conclusion: The Sovereign Self, Its Sources and Shapes -- Appendixes -- A: The Indexical Complexity of Tagore's Meghdut -- B: Thirteenth Rock Edict of Aqoka -- C: The State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 -- D: From Ambedkar's Published Introduction toThe Buddha and His Dhamma -- E: From "Gospel of Equality: The Buddha and the Future of His Religion," 1950 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Retail workers are a large labor force, yet their jobs are generally devalued and dominated by low wages, precarious conditions, and disrespect. Coulter draws on three years of comparative research on retail workers and political action, including fieldwork in Canada, the United States, and Sweden, to explore what is needed to improve workers' wellbeing and transform retail work. The only book of its kind, Revolutionizing Retail explains the strategies being used to improve retail jobs and retail workers' quality of life, including diverse forms of organizing, public policy, and good management. Coulter analyzes the degree to which current efforts are succeeding, and what lessons they offer about the present and future of work, forms of agency, and class, gender, and race relations. The power of culture, emotions, and workers' personal experiences of political action are at the heart of this engaging discussion of the challenges and possibilities of social change.

In the past decade, much attention has focused on developmental brain research and its implications for the regulation of crime. Public and policy interest has been directed primarily toward juveniles. In light of recent research, courts and legislatures increasingly have rejected the punitive response of the 1990s and embraced a developmental approach to young offenders. Of particular importance in propelling this trend has been the framework offered by the U.S. Supreme Court in a series of Eighth Amendment opinions that have rejected harsh adult sentences for juveniles. These decisions, supported by adolescent brain research, rested on two empirically based principles: First, juvenile offenders, due to their developmental immaturity, typically are less culpable and, therefore, deserve less punishment than their adult counterparts. Second, because their criminal conduct is the product of immaturity, most juveniles have a greater potential to reform than do adults. This framework has influenced broader sentencing reforms for juvenile offenders. It has also led policymakers to focus on the impact of juvenile justice settings and programs on youth development and crime reduction. More recently, advocates and some policymakers have argued that developmental research should shape the law's response to young adult offenders. Over the past decade, developmental psychologists and neuroscientists have found that biological and psychological development continues into the early twenties, well beyond the age of majority. Recently, researchers have found that eighteen- to twenty-one-year-old adults are more like younger adolescents than older adults in their impulsivity under conditions of emotional arousal. It is also well established that young adults, like teenagers, engage in risky behavior, such as drinking, smoking, unsafe sex, drug use, and criminal activity, to a greater extent than older adults. The possibility that much risky behavior, including involvement in criminal activity, is a product of psychological and social immaturity raises the question of whether the presumption of reduced culpability and greater potential for reform should be applied to young adult offenders as well as juveniles.